are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, ros atkins gives his analysis on some of main news stories of the week. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we ve had four prime ministers in six years all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shortest lived
and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shortest lived premierships ever. i liz truss s time is over, when it had onlyjust begun. hello, welcome. well, this is unexpected. not, of course, being here for a new series looking at the biggest stories of the week, ijust hadn t necessarily factored in doing our first episode on the day the prime minister resigns. but here we are, and across next 30 minutes this is the story of the fall of liz truss. because it has been quite a week. hello, hi guys. we are probably still a few minutes late. 0h, are you? 0k. we will reverse almost all the tax measures. gone, gone. a complete reversal. gone, gone, gone. clearly trussonomics has gone. he has locked
to announce his resignation in early july following repeated criticism of his conduct in government. the decision on who the new prime minister will be is down to a relatively small group of 160,000 conservative party members. borisjohnson will formally resign tomorrow and the the queen will then ask liz truss or rishi sunak to form a government. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we have some technical issues with our link to huw, but there is a picture of the door at no 10, who will be walking into it as the new prime minister? we are half an hour away from that announcement. and as huw mentioned, it will be the fourth prime minister in six years. so, the scene is set at the qeii conference centre, which is just around the corner from downing street. as you can see, there is a large press contingent gathered there, waiting for the announcement. and around the corner is where the announcement will be made. we can see all of the journalists lined up, the cameras trained on th